Temple Beth David

Devarim 11:26 See, this day I set before you blessing and curse.

Sforno Pay good attention so that you will not be like the nations of the world who relate to […]

Devarim 8:3 (Alter) And He afflicted you and made you hunger and fed you the manna … in order to you know that not on bread alone does the human […]

Devarim 4: 27-30 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a scant few of you shall be left among the nations to which the LORD will drive […]

Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe Chazal tell us that although the people of that era studied Torah, performed mitzvos, and acted charitably, since they were guilty of sinas chinam [baseless or gratuitous […]

Parshat Matot-Masei 5778 (Mussar)

This double-portion contains difficult and sometimes troubling text.  It ranges from the law of vows, the massacre and ethnic cleansing of the Midianites, purification, inheritance rules, […]

  Parshat Pinchas 5778 (Mussar)

 

A pattern in Bamidbar is rebellion against Moses’ authority. We finally see a grievance that is supported by God — and interestingly raised by […]

Parshat Chukat (Mussar)

Bamidbar 20:9-13 the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “You and your brother Aaron take the rod and assemble the community, and before their very eyes order the […]

Parshat Balak 5778 (Mussar)

Balaam’s blessing is the centerpiece of the parshah. Balaam, a non-Israelite religious figure, is hired by the king of the Moabites to curse the Israelites. Through […]

Bamidbar 16:1-3 Now Korah, son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, betook himself, along with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth – descendants […]

Bamidbar 13:27-33, 14:1-4 This is what they told him: “We came to the land you sent us to; it does indeed flow with milk and honey, and this is its […]